Demand Response Programs
Anaheim Public Utilities
Load Curtailment Exemption Program (LCEP). Program is offered to customers who can curtail load by 15% either at a single location or by aggregating their total electrical load (minimum 1 MW). Customers are required to comply with load reduction within 10 minutes of notification. Participating customers are exempt from rotating outages in exchange for a 15% load curtailment for the entire duration of every Stage 3 rotating outage event. |
Phone: 714-765-4258Web: Incentive details online |
City Load Reduction. Anaheim identified key City facilities and installed or modified emergency back-up generation systems. These loads are called upon as the City's first line of defense during a Stage 3 alert to reduce load. |
Phone: 714-765-4258Web: Incentive details online |
10 in Time. Program encourages commercial customers to voluntarily reduce energy usage by at least 10% or more, when contacted by Anaheim via an e-mail during an ISO Stage 3 emergency. |
Phone: 714-765-4258Web: Incentive details online |
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Advanced Metering (Electric and Gas). Provides participating electric customers with 15-minute interval data in either a Real Time format (optional) or on a Day-Plus-One load profiling format (where the interval data is uploaded at night to reflect that day's consumption). This program provides customers with the necessary technical information to manage the overall consumption of electricity for their facility, as well as stage their actions to respond to utility requests for load curtailment. This approach avoids the negative impacts to customer productivity that can arise from a utility's direct load control or load shedding program. |
Phone: 650-329-2251Web: Incentive details online |
Energy Controls and Concepts (ECC)
Program installs T-8 lighting systems that feature demand response (DR) dimming technology. Provides a user interface for direct control as well as demand response mode for utility |
Phone: 800-743-0827 Web: Incentive details online |
Program installs T-8 lighting systems that feature demand response (DR) dimming technology. Provides a user interface for direct control as well as demand response mode for utility |
Phone: 800-743-0827 Web: Incentive details online |
Lockheed Martin Aspen
Combining elements of SPC, Express Efficiency and Audits; Focus on end-use technology and industrial process improvements to yield optimum energy savings. |
Heavy Industry Energy Efficiency Program (HIEEP). This Program identifies and facilitates the implementation of major process-oriented and other energy-efficiency upgrades for Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) heavy industry customers. Customers that install energy efficient systems and equipment will receive incentives based on the annual kWh or therm savings achieved. |
Phone: 415-402-0406Web: Incentive details online |
Optimal Technologies
SUREFAST provides entirely new levels of functionality in customer-determined demand-side management, demand response programs, metering, Time-Of-Use (TOU) pricing, and end-to-end system-wide power management with predictable network-wide control. |
Phone: 707-557-1788Web: |
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
Demand Bidding Program (E-DBP). Allows participants to submit bids for a proposed level of load reduction at an offered price for each curtailment event. Participants must commit to reduce a minimum of at least 50 kW. Bids may be requested on a 'Day-Ahead' basis when an CAISO's Alert notice is issued for the next day or when the CAISO's forecasts a day-ahead peak demand of 43,000 MW or greater. |
Phone: 800-468-4743Web: Incentive details online |
Schedule EZ20/20. The "20/20 Program" rewards customers a twenty percent (20%) discount for achieving a twenty percent (20%) or more average reduction in energy usage during the summer season compare to the previous year. |
Phone: 800-468-4743Web: Incentive details online |
Critical Peak Pricing (E-CPP). Allows participants to lower their business' electric bills by shifting or reducing electricity during critical peak summer afternoons (noon to 6 p.m. ). Participants receive day-ahead notification and program takes place only 12 days during each summer season." |
Phone: 800-468-4743Web: Incentive details online |
Base Interruptible Program (E-BIP). Pays participants to reduce their load to a pre-determined level when the CAISO calls a load curtailment notice. Must commit to curtail at least 15% of average monthly load or a minimum of 100 kW, whichever is greater. Two options available. |
Phone: 800-468-4743Web: Incentive details online |
Scheduled Load Reduction Program (E-SLRP). Participants identify one to three four-hour time periods during the week when they are willing to curtail their electric load. Must commit to curtail at least 15% of their average monthly load or a minimum of 100 kW, whichever is greater. Must curtail electric load once each week for each period they choose during the summer season, June 1 through September 30. Loads cannot be shifted to an on-peak period of another day. |
Phone: 800-468-4743Web: Incentive details online |
Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment Plan (OBMC). Lets participants avoid curtailments by implementing load reductions of 5% to 15% increments on their entire circuit or dedicated substation during rotating outages. |
Phone: 800-468-4743Web: Incentive details online |
Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment Plan (E-OBMC). Grants exemption from rotating outages for customers in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Alameda counties. |
Phone: 800-468-4743Web: Incentive details online |
Spectrally Enhanced Lighting Retrofits. |
Phone: 510-482-4420 x 230Web: |
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
If the need occurs, SMUD may offer to pay a Demand Bid Program customer to reduce at least 75 kW of noncritical load for blocks of at least two hours, 2 P.M to 6 P.M., weekdays, June through September. |
Phone: 877-622-7683Web: Incentive details online |
Voluntary program allows SMUD to install a cycling device and send a radio signal to switch-off (or cycle) participant's central air conditioners. Cycling can occur periodically between June 1 and September 30. |
Phone: 888-742-7683Web: Incentive details online |
Calls on participants to reduce their electrical use by a pre-determined amount. There is no obligation and no penalty if the business is unable to respond to SMUD's request to reduce usage. |
Phone: 877-622-7683Web: Incentive details online |
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
Summer Saver Program: Interactive demand response program for controlling air temperature and reducing bills. SDG&E installs a pre-programmed thermostat connected to SDG&E via the Internet at the customer's facility. SDG&E will monitor and alter the thermostat based on needs during summer from May 1 through October 31. |
Phone: 800-644-6133Web: Incentive details online |
Demand Response Program. SDG&E offers a variety of demand-response programs to help businesses of all types and sizes reduce their electricity use. Special rates, bill credits, technology incentives and technical assistance are many of the options that may be available to help your business make the most of demand-response opportunities. |
Phone: 800-644-6133Web: Incentive details online |
Free Demand Response Energy Assessment. SDG&E will send a technical assistance team to visit your facility, identify possible demand response strategies, |
Phone: 800-644-6133Web: Incentive details online |
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Demand Bidding Program (DBP). A flexible, voluntary, Web-based bidding program that offers credit to qualifying SCE bundled-service and direct access customers with demands of greater than 200 kW. |
Critical Peak Pricing (CPP-VCD and CPP-GCCD). Allows participants to lower their business' electric bills by shifting or reducing electricity during critical peak summer afternoons (noon to 6p.m.). Participants receive day-ahead notification. There are 12 events during each summer season. |
Scheduled Load Reduction Program (SLRP). Participants identify one to three, four-hour time periods during the week when they are willing to curtail electric load. They must commit to curtail at least 15% of their average monthly load with a minimum of 100 kW per event. Must curtail electric load once each week for each period they choose during the summer season, June 1st through October 1st. Loads cannot be shifted to an on-peak period of another day. |
Phone: 866-334-7827Web: Incentive details online |
Critical Peak Pricing (CPP-VCD and CPP-GCCD). Allows participants to lower their business' electric bills by shifting or reducing electricity during critical peak summer noon to 6 p.m. Participants receive day-ahead notification. There are 12 events during each summer season, program begins June 1st to October 1st. |
Base Interruptible Program (BIP). Pays participants to reduce their load to a pre-determined level when the CAISO calls for load curtailment and SCE notifies customers of call to reduce. Must commit to curtail at least 15% of average monthly load or a minimum of 100 kW, whichever is greater. Must designate a firm service level and commit to dropping to FSL during interruptions. |
I-6 (Large Interruptible Program). Provides lower energy and time-related demand charges for that portion of power usage a customer is willing to interrupt when requested by SCE. Interruption events are limited to one event per day, four events per calendar week (defined as Sunday through Saturday), and 25 events per calendar year. An event will not exceed 6 hours, and the total periods of interruption will not be more than 40 hours per calendar month or 150 hours per calendar year. |
Optional Binding Mandatory Curtailment Plan (OBMC). Lets participants avoid curtailments by implementing load reductions of 5% to 15% increments on their entire circuit or dedicated substation during rotating outages. |
Scheduled Load Reduction Program (SLRP). Participants identify one to three, four-hour time periods during the week when they are willing to curtail electric load. They must commit to curtail at least 15% of their average monthly load with a minimum of 100 kW per event. Must curtail electric load once each week for each period they choose during the summer season, June 1 through September 30. Loads cannot be shifted to an on-peak period of another day. |
Summer Discount Plan (Base & Enhanced). SCE provides and installs a cycling device on participant's central air conditioner. Program operates only during the summer season (first Sunday in June to first Sunday in October). The cycling device is activated by a remote radio signal, allowing SCE to temporarily turn off, or ""cycle,"" air conditioner(s) when needed. Base Plan: Up to a maximum of 15 cycling times per year for a maximum of 6 hours per day. Enhanced Plan: Unlimited number of times per year for a maximum of 6 hours per day." |
Agricultural and Pumping Interruptible Program (AP-I). Provides lower energy and/or time-related demand charges to customers who are willing to interrupt power usage at SCE's request. Interruption events are limited to one event per day, four events per calendar week (defined as Sunday through Saturday), or 25 events per year and will not exceed six hours per day, 40 hours per month, or 150 hours per year. |
Agricultural and Pumping Interruptible Program (AP-I). Provides lower energy and/or time-related demand charges to customers who are Agricultural and Pumping rate offers a monthly credit to customers who allow SCE to temporarily interrupt electric service to their pumping equipment. A maximum of 1 event per day (up to 6 hours), 4 events in any calendar week (up to 40 hours per month), and 25 events per calendar year (up to 150 hours). |
Phone: 866-300-1081Web: Incentive details online |
Summer Discount Plan (Base & Enhanced). SCE provides and installs a cycling device on participant's central air conditioner. Program operates only during the summer season begins June 1st to October 1st. The cycling device is activated by a remote radio signal, allowing SCE to temporarily turn off, or ""cycle,"" air conditioner(s) when needed. Base Plan: Up to a maximum of 15 cycling times per year for a maximum of 6 hours per day. Enhanced Plan: Unlimited number of times per year for a maximum of 6 hours per day." |
Phone: 800-334-0653Web: Incentive details online |
Demand Respone Technical Assistance and Technology Incentives. Provides technical assistance and technology incentives to qualified commercial and industrial customers with registered demands of 200 kW or greater. Technical assistance includes demand response site assessments at no charge to the customer. Technology incentives are paid for the installation of eligible power reduction and energy efficient technologies. |